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bracketed his mouth.  She lanced the
wound on his hand.  He cried out in pain, and her stomach knotted.  “I’m sorry,
Flynn.  I have to drain the infection.”
    He nodded.  His face was very pale.
    She squeezed out the pus and poured
alcohol over the open wound.  Flynn cried out again.  Maggie shut her eyes for
a moment.  Then, she rubbed salve into the wound.
    Flynn sighed and shut his eyes. 
She reached toward his matted hair and hesitated.  Her hand fell back to her
side before she touched him.  She bandaged his hand with clean linen and stood
up.
    “How is he, Maggie?”
    Maggie shook her head.  “His hand
was badly infected.  We won’t know for a few days.
    Ben nodded solemnly.  He took the
first watch.  Maggie unrolled her blanket next to Flynn.  She fell asleep
watching the play of firelight on Flynn’s face as he slept.
    “Jennie!”
    Flynn’s anguished cry woke her. 
Maggie sighed.  She took his hand.  It was hot to the touch.  “I’m here,
Flynn.  I’m right here.”
    He sighed, and the tension eased
out of his hand.
    Maggie’s throat ached so badly that
she had trouble swallowing.  She got up and went over to Ben.  “I’ll take over.” 
She hesitated.  “Ben, do you know who Jennie is?”
    Ben shook his head.  “But he used
to call out her name when we were in Camp Sumter together.”
    Maggie blinked.  “Camp Sumter?  I
thought Flynn was imprisoned in Elmira.”
    Ben nodded.  “He was, later on. 
But first, he ended up in Camp Sumter.  It’s a darned good thing, too.  He
saved our lives, the Major and me.”
    Maggie shook her head.  “I didn’t
know.”  She shuddered, thinking of her the men she loved suffering in that
hellhole.  She kept watch, but the only thing that stirred was the dawn breeze,
which tugged at the blanket that covered Tommy.  She wrapped it more securely
around him.
    Tommy opened his eyes.  “Mommy?”
    Maggie’s heart ached.  “No, honey. 
Your Mommy had to go away.”
    Tommy’s eyes filled with tears.  “Those
men hurt her, didn’t they?”
    Maggie nodded again.  She felt as
if she had swallowed a large, sharp rock and it had lodged in her throat.  She
drew a deep breath.  “Yes, Tommy.  They did.  But she isn’t hurting anymore.”
    Tommy nodded.  “Then she’s with my
Pop.”
    Maggie swallowed a sob.  “Yes,
Tommy.  She’s with your father.”
    As soon as Tommy went back to sleep,
she stirred the fire.  Ben woke and stretched.  He smiled at Maggie and started
the coffee.  Maggie sliced the bacon, but her hands shook so badly that she cut
her finger.  As soon as breakfast was ready, she took a plate over to Flynn’s
stretcher.
    He turned his face away without
opening his eyes.
    Worried, Maggie helped Ben pack up
the camp.  As she was kicking dirt over the fire, it began to rain.
    Flynn started to shiver.
    Maggie bit her lip.  “We need to
hurry, Ben.”
    Ben nodded.

 
    CHAPTER THREE
     
    Flynn drifted in and out of
delirium.  Once, he thought that Jennie came to him and held his hand.  Then,
rain began to pelt him, hard and cold.  The dream shifted, and he lay at the
bottom of the Hole in Camp Sumter.  Cold rain fell through the grill that
covered the pit and ran down the sides of the Hole, turning the dirt floor to
mud.  He shivered uncontrollably, which made his ribs ache.  He heard the sound
of booted feet, and he knew the guards were going to beat him again.
    “No!”  He struggled against the
ropes that bound him.
    “Hush, Flynn.  Hush.  It’s all
right.”
    Strong hands smoothed the hair back
from his face.  He opened his eyes.
    Maggie knelt beside the travois. 
Tears shimmered in her eyes.  “I’m sorry, Flynn.  I know it hurts, but we have
to keep moving.  Tommy’s sick.”
    Terror stabbed him in the gut.  He
nodded, unable to speak.
    Maggie nodded back.  She mounted
Patches, and the travois jolted forward.
    Finally, the travois stopped
moving.  He heard Sam’s deep,